Lødingen

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Lødingen is a municipality in the province (county ) Nordland in Norway. It lies in the southeast of the island Hinnøya on the archipelago of Vesteralen, bordered to the north by the municipalities of Sortland and Kvæfjord, in the east on the community Tjeldsundet, in the southwest on the community Vågan and to the west by the municipality Hadsel. In a community area of ​​531 square kilometers, they had a total of 2 245 inhabitants in 2007. 1753 people live in the main town of the same name (Norwegian: Tettsted ).

Lødingen, the gateway to the Lofoten Islands, is a major transportation hub in Northern Norway, to connect with the community Bognes manufactures on the European road 6 on a year-round ferry service that operates around the clock on Tysfjorden. The passage about the vestfjord takes about an hour. The archipelago of Lofoten is also accessible from here in about an hour on the road link Lofast in the wake of European route 10.

Counties of Norway Vestfjorden Lofoten Mainland Connection Municipalities of Norway Alstahaug Ballangen Beiarn Bindal Evenes Fauske Flakstad Grane (Nordland) Hattfjelldal Hemnes Leirfjord Moskenes Narvik Nesna Rana, Norway Saltdal Steigen Vefsn Vega, Norway Vevelstad
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